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MUMBAI: Industrialist Anil Ambani met Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in the backdrop of reports that the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) was mulling a coastal road from Worli to Haji Ali and from Haji Ali to Nariman Point. The meeting assumes significance as the Ambani-led Reliance-Hyundai consortium last year won the Rs 5,000 crore contract to extend the Bandra-Worli Sealink till Haji Ali. The consortium was unable to tie up funds by the December 2010 deadline and sought a three-month extension for the same.

MUMBAI: WHAT if Mumbai has not become Shanghai. The city, as well as the state, could soon say good-bye to the crater-filled roads. Not because the state has undertaken any road-building programme. But because the state's top politicians and babus have "successfully concluded" their foreign jaunts planned with the sole aim of "studying roads" . Surprisingly one of the junkets was found sponsored by a consultant doing business with a government agency. With a self-proclaimed aim of "bringing Maharashtra on the global infrastructure map" , top officials of the state-owned Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation ?

The Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) project has been embroiled in controversies and legal hassles ever since the project took off. However, it has finally taken shape after overcoming factors like red tapism, litigation and regulations that often come in the way of development projects planned for the benefit of the common man. The origin of the BWSL can be traced back nearly five decades when the Wilbur Smith report of 1962-63 proposed the...

MUMBAI: We are used to bridges being heroic endeavours. The most famous bridge in Indian mythology was built by our greatest mythological hero to reclaim his wife from Lanka. Building bridges across the rivers of Punjab and North India was one way in which the Mughals, Jehangir, in particular, knit their empire together. Many of the bridges built by the British were also amazing undertakings, an aspect well captured by Kipling in his brilliant story 'The Bridge Builders', which has the great Hindu gods debating whether to allow a bridge being built across the Ganges to survive (they do)

MUMBAI: Haji Ali Dargah, which juts out into the sea, is being rebuilt in marble as the present concrete structure is eroding due to saline air and harsh weather conditions. The shrine, which is around 500 years old is a prominent landmark of Mumbai that attracts between 5,000 to 10,000 devotees every day. The renovation project, which began last week and is expected to finish in two years, will focus on reconstructing the tomb, minarets and adjacent mosque in makrana marble without changing the original architecture, managing trustee and chairman of Haji Ali Dargah Trust AH Merchant said.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has handed over the feasibility study for an underground tunnel in the city to construction firm Arup, following withdrawal by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a senior government official said. DMRC had initially volunteered to do the feasibility study for a tunnel, linking the Haji Ali area of central Mumbai to Nariman Point in south Mumbai, after the Bandra-Worli sealink bridge is to be opened later this year.

Worli, known for its mesmerising sea-face , is also as an ideal example of a residential-cumcommercial retreat. It is emerging as an attractive destination in south Mumbai and gaining prominence after Nariman Point. Located at the shores of the city, it is the second largest commercial area in South Mumbai. Besides, neighbouring locales like Tardeo and Haji Ali too have commercial spaces and swank retail outlets, which are worth a visit. All business areas of Mumbai can be easily accessed from Worli, as it is almost centrally located.

Worli, known for its mesmerising sea-face , is also as an ideal example of a residential-cumcommercial retreat. It is emerging as an attractive destination in south Mumbai and gaining prominence after Nariman Point. Located at the shores of the city, it is the second largest commercial area in South Mumbai. Besides, neighbouring locales like Tardeo and Haji Ali too have commercial spaces and swank retail outlets, which are worth a visit. All business areas of Mumbai can be easily accessed from Worli, as it is almost centrally located.

On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again, The life I love is makin' music with my friends, And, I can't wait to get on the road again.. ? Willie Nelson MUMBAI: As the term of the Democratic Front government in the state comes to an end, many Mumbaikars may be singing this song as the fate of various road projects in the city hangs fire. In fact, it's not just roads, infrastructure in general has failed to take off during the Congress-NCP government's five-year tenure.